Oil burner



J. FIORONI Sept. 11, 1934.

OIL BURNER Filed March 51, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 cab new

INVENTOR, rbsqvfi l'rbro ATTORNEY.

Sept. 11, 1934. J. FIORONI 1,973,165

OIL BURNER Filed March 31, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR. JosapfiZZ'amzzz,

ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 11, 1934 'UNITED STATES PATENT oF C fl 1,973,165 011.BURNER.

Joseph Fioroni, Westfield, Mass. 7 Application March 31, 1933, SerialNo.663,793

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements inoil burners.

An object of the invention is to provide ,a

7 burner that will automatically shut oil the flow of I the oil to theburner, when, for any reason, the burner becomes extinguished, or, whenin the act of lighting the burner, the wick does not take fire.

V A further object is to provide means for ad- I justing the burners, sothat they can be moved laterally, with reference to each other. This isdesirable, since the burners are designed to be located in an ordinarykitchen range, when they are substituted for the ordinary coal grates.This adjustment is effective through a ball and socket jointconstruction, through which joint theoil passes from the supply to eachof the burners.

I-Ieretofore, it has been a common practice to adjust the burners with aball and socket joint,

l but with no means of conveying the oil directly through the ball partof the joint itself. This feature has been combined with the lateraladjustment of the burners.

A further object is to provide means for thoroughly straining the liquidoil fuel, before it is delivered to the base portion of the burners.This is accomplished by locating, in a bowl member, which is locatedbetween the burners and the main supply of oil to the burners, by havingin this bowl, two fine wire mesh strainers; one being placed around theentrance end of the pipe that conveys the oil to the burners, andtheother strainer is located above the entrance end and at the lower endof the oil container, wherein the 1 supply of oil is located. These, andother objects will appear in the body of the specification and bepointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:-

' Fig. 1 is an elevational view, showing the comi plete assembly ofthetwo burners.

Fig, 2 is a vertical sectional View on 2-2 of Fig. 1. n V

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, showing the bowl construction. j

Fig. 4 is a top plan view, partially in section, showing, in detail, theadjustable feature of the burners. I

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal plan view of the base part of the burner, insection, on the line 6-6 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view, on the line 77 of Fig. 6, showing one of theburners, in section, I and illustrating, in detail, one of the ball andt e line socket joint constructions, and the adjustable feature for theburner. d

Fig. 8 is'a detail vertical sectional view on the line 88'oi Fig. 7. d."Figifl9 is a vertical sectional the li'ne 99'of Fig. 7. I

Referring to the drawings in detailz- 1 indicates the post, or standard,which supports the oil supply receptacle, indicated at 2 3 is a'bowlmember at the lower end of the oil receptacle, which is providedwith theshoulder 4, on which is supported the cup-shaped member 5, that isformed with anfopening 6. Located detail view; :on

within the cup-shaped member 5, ma U-shaped member 7, on which is placedthe fabric, or cushion 8, to protect the lower end of the receptacle 2.The member? and the cushion 8 are formed with the opening, or] oilpassageway 9, in which is located the stem 10 of the valve 11. The lowerend of the stem is formed with a head portion 12, on which rests thelower endof the conical-shaped coiled spring 13. The upper end of thecoiled spring rests against the bottom of the member 7, in theop'eningi6. The stem 10 rests on the cup-shaped member 14, which issupported on the two brackets 15 of the bowl 3; also, resting on thesebrackets, is the fine wire strainer 16, which, as shown, is spaced fromthe bowl indicated at 17. Located in the bottom portion of the bowl, isthe threaded opening18 for the pipe connection '19, which is attached tothe angle coupling 20. 21 is the supply pipe that is con; nected withthe. angle coupling 26. The pipe 19 extends upward into the bowl, asshown at 23. The pipe 23 is formed with the fuel openings 24. 25indicates a fine wire screen placed over the pipe 23, with the openingstherein. The weight of the container, indicated at. 2, on the cupshapedmember 7,wi1l cause the valve passageway 9 to open permitting the oil toflow through this opening intothe fine wire strainer 16, through thesides of the same, and then downward into the lower part of the bowl 3,where it passes through the finewire strainer 25, into the pipe 21. Fromhere, the oil passes to the control valves 26 and 27, which control theflow of the same to each of the burners 23 and 29, by means of the pipes30 and 31. The oil then flows upward through the passage 32 in the balland socket joint member 33 into the centralreceiving basin 34, atthe'center of the base 28 of the burner.

This ball and socket joint construction comprises two plates 35 and 36,as shown in section, in the sectional view in Fig. 5, which areconnected together by means of the bolt 37 that in Fig. 2, the valve 61is open,'permitting oil'to passes through the slot, or opening 38 of themember 40, that is secured to the post 42. These two plate members, 35and 36, have a spherical, or curved, seat, which receives the bulbmember 33,

- and are clamped together, at their outer ends, by

Fig. 7. As the oil flows through the pipe2l, past.

the control valves 26 and 27, it enters the base of the burner throughthepipes 3 0 an d.3 l1, through the passageways 32, into the centralbowl 34. ner, through the radial passageways 43 to the two annulargrooves 44""and 45, in which are placed the burner wicks 46 and. 47.Resting on the upperedges of the groove members, are the .usualperforated. cylinders 48, 49, 50, 'andf51. The usual, centrally locatedpassage. is indicated at 52. 53 indicates the two return, or overflowpipes, connected with each of the bases of the burners, 28 and; 29, thatare connected to the pipe 54 that enters the bottom portion of the casing 55, (see Fig. 2), in which is located the float 56,

that is'connected to therod 57 having a'button58, at its upper end. Thisrod is pivotally connected to the two-armed-lever 59 that carries, atits opposite end, the rod 60 and the valve 61. As shown flow through thepipe 21 to each of the burners. Shouldthe flame on either one'oi' theburners goout, causing the channels 44 or 45 to fill with oil;andoverflow into the passages 62, the oil would then flow down the pipes53 and into the bottom of the casing 55 by the jpipe54. This would causethe float 56 to rise and force the valve-61 to its seat, thus shuttingoff the main flow of the-oil, through the pipe 21, preventing theoilfrom escaping onto the floor. When the operator'wishes to restart theburner, he pushes downward on the button 58, forcing the float 56downward and bringing the valve 61 into its open position, permittingthe oil to again flow through the pipe 21. At the same time, the oil isprevented from flowing backward in the pipe 54, by reason ofthe checkvalve 64, but will fiowpast the check valve 66, into the pipe 67, and bymeans of the pipe68, into the supply pipe 21, or

- back into the bowl 3.

-An important feature of my invention is that the bottom of thewick-receiving channels, 44 and45, extend downward, as shown at 69,which channels permit the lower edges to be submerged in the oil, asshown in Fig. '7.

' From this description, it will be seen that I have provided an oilburner'that may bereadily adjusted'laterally towards and from eachother; also, a burner that can be adjusted horizontally v and one thattakes care of any overflow of oil,- and, means for carefullyv strainingthe oil, be-

fore it is delivered to the'burners,

The operation of theapparatus may be described, as follows:-

Consider the oil asflowing downward from the arrow shown in Fig. 1.

From this point, it flows in the usual manoil supply tank 2, through theopening 9, through the fine wire mesh strainer 17, into the lowerportion of the bowl 3, then through the fine Wire screen 25 to theopenings 24, in the pipe 23, then through the pipe 21, in the directionof the It now flows past the open valve 61, shown in Fig. 2, through thesecond, or right hand length of the pipe 21, to the two burner controlvalves 26 and27 (see Fig. 4), through the'pipes 30 and 31, through thepassages 32 in the ball and socket joint 33 to the central oil-receivingbasins 34 of the burners 28 and 29. From the central bowl, or basin, it

flows through the radial passages 43 to the two annular grooves 44 and45, in which the wicks 46 and. 47 are placed. These wicks, as shown inFig. 7, are located between the usual perforated cylinders.

I n theevent the flame of the burners should go out, the oil in thegrooves 44 and 45 will fill and flow. through, the grooves 6-2 to theoverflow pipes 53 which areconnected to the return pipe 54, past thevalve 64 into the bottom of the casing 55, shown in Fig. 5. I Thisoverflow oil will raise the fioa 56, which will operate to close thevalve 61 in'the supply pipe 21, leading to the burners. When the valve61 remains closed, the oil from the tank 2 cannot flow through the pipe67, because of the check valves 64 and 66; therein. With the partsinthis position, in order to restart the burner, it is only necessary forthe operator to press downward on the button 58, which will move thefloat 56downward and open the valve 61 in the supply pipe 21, wherebyany oil in the return pipe' 67'will be forced, by the downward movementof the float, into the supply pipe 21. The wicks of theburners maynow'be relighted.

What I claim is new is 1. In an oil burner construction, a burner basemember, a supporting pedestal, an arm on the pedestal formed with aslot, a pair'of plates having bolt-receiving openings, a bolt in theopening-s and passing through the slot in the arm, the plates havingcurved recessed ends, a spherical. member on'the burner base formed withan oil passage which is clamped in place by the curved recessed'plates,and means for drawing the plates together onto the spherical member.

2. An'oilburner comprising in combination, a supporting pedestal, aplurality of burner memhere, means on the pedestal for adjustablyspacing said burners relative toeach other, and to the pedestal, meanson the adjustable spacing means for adjusting. the burner. in ahorizontal plane comprising a ball andsocket construction, and means forconducting oil to the burner through the ball and socketconstruction.

3. In an oil burner having a base'member, a pedestal for supporting thebase. member, a slotted arm on the pedestal, and platemembers slidablysecured on said'arm, said base member being formed with a dependingpartthat is substantially spherical and having. an oil passagetherethrough, said plate members having spherical-shaped surfacesengaging the spherical.- shaped part of said base member, whereby. thebase member, maybe. levelledand laterally adjusted relative to thepedestal, as described.

JOSEPH FIORONI.

